Jung Da-bin
| Jeong Da-bin | |
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| Born |
Jeong Hye-sun March 4, 1980 Seongnam, South Korea |
| Died | February 10, 2007 (aged 26) Seoul, South Korea |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Other names | Jung Da-bin |
| Years active | 2000–2007 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정다빈 |
| Hanja | 鄭多彬 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Da-bin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Tabin |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 정혜선 |
| Hanja | 鄭惠善 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Hye-seon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Hyesŏn |
Jeong Da-bin (March 4, 1980 - February 10, 2007) was a South Korean actress. Best known for the popular television series Rooftop Room Cat, she committed suicide in 2007 at the age of 26.
Born Jeong Hye-sun in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, she studied Theater and Film at Dongguk University. Using the stage name Jeong Da-bin, she made her acting debut in 2000 in The Legend of Gingko. This was followed by minor and supporting roles in television dramas, and as part of the ensemble cast in the sitcom Nonstop.
In 2003, Jeong and her costar Kim Rae-won rose to fame with Rooftop Room Cat (also known as Attic Cat or Cat on the Roof). Depicting a boy and a girl platonically living together then falling in love (with cohabitation at the time a taboo topic in the Korean mainstream), the series was a smash hit, especially popular among teenagers and twentysomethings.
Jeong became known for her cheerful and positive image, and in 2004 she headlined her first film, the romantic comedy He Was Cool opposite Song Seung-heon, based on the internet novel by Guiyeoni. She then returned to television, starring with Yoon Kye-sang in My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law. Her last project would be That Summer's Typhoon with Han Ye-seul, which didn't do well in the ratings in 2005.
On February 10, 2007, Jeong was found hanged with a bath towel in the bathroom of her boyfriend's house in Samseong-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul. Her boyfriend, identified by his last name Lee, said he took Jeong back to his house because she got drunk while hanging out with friends at a nearby bar in Cheongdam-dong. Lee, who discovered the body at 7:50 a.m. and called the police, said the actress had been recently depressed over her lack of work, the imprisonment of her previous manager, and malicious attacks on the Internet about her physical appearance. Lee also said Jeong first tried to kill herself by cutting her wrist in September/October 2006, which her talent agency disputed, saying her wrist scar was from an accident when she was a freshman in high school. Suspecting foul play, her family and agency requested an investigation, and the postmortem concluded that it was suicide.
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